[SOLVED] preg_match help..

[poofried]

how can i make preg_match get the username inside of this and just ignoring the id number. (note: the id number always varies...)

 

<a href="member.php?u=1">user</a>

 

here's the code that im using atm but its not working :s

 

<? preg_match_all('|<a href="member.php?u=([0-9])">(.*?)</a>|mU',$data,$result); ?>

 

any ideas?

[Alex]

I think this will work:

 

/\<a href="member.php?u=(.+?)"\>(.+?)\<\/a\>/

[Psycho]

If the value being searched is ONLY in the format you entered and is not embedded in a larger body of text (specifically with other < or >), then this will work just fine:

 

preg_match("/>(.*)</", $link, $matches);
$username = $matches[1];

 

If the username is within larger bodies of text then you can use this

 

preg_match("/<a href=\"member\.php\?u=\d+\">(.*)<\/a>/", $link, $matches);
$username = $matches[1];

 

The will grab the 'text' of an anchor only if it is exactly formatted as you have above - also the ID must consist of one or more numbers.

[poofried]

works fine, thanks